Make a Masculine Birthday Card with a Corner Fold Fun Fold that You Can Make Quickly with Stuff in Your Craft Space!

Cards for Guys are sometimes hard to come up with. Do you struggle with your designs for the men in your life? I do too. Today I'm sharing a masculine version of the Corner Fold Fun Fold Card (that's a mouthful!), done as a Birthday Card. I used some retired products that are still in my stamp room and you can do the same.

My color scheme was Night of Navy, Coastal Cabana, and Basic White along with the Waves of the Ocean Designer Series Paper that was sold early in 2022, but now retired. I used a variety of retired stamp sets. I found it fun to go back and look at some of my older sets to find just the right words I was looking for.

I really like how the corner fold and added layers make that cool looking set of 1/8" borders on the five layers in that upper right corner.

When the card is opened you have a surprise inside with the added layers on the left side, back of the front of the card. Then the normal inner Basic White layer with greeting and added stamp in the corner for effect.

Bird's eye view looking at the inside of the front cover.

Bird's eye view looking at the inner Basic White layer awaiting for your personalized 

message and signature.

LET'S START MAKING THIS CARD!

1. Cut Night of Navy Card base 4 1/4" x 11", score at 5 1/2"

2. Score the Corner Fold as shown in the diagram below.

3. Cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Waves of the Ocean Designer Series Paper (DSP) for the card face. You will need to measure the 3-1/4" from the top and right side of the DSP layer like the diagram above, draw a line and trim off with paper trimmer or paper snips. You may need to trim a little extra off the diagonal edge so it will lay smoothly underneath the corner fold. Adhere when you are happy with the fit. Then you can add one large dimensional under the corner flap to secure it to the card face.

4. For the Card Face Corner Fold Layers - Cut 3" square of Night of Navy, 2 3/4" square of Basic White,  2 1/2" square of Waves of the Ocean Designer Series Paper, and a 2 1/4" circle (either die cut or punched out).

5. For the inside Corner Fold Layers - Cut 3" square of Basic White, 2 3/4" square of Waves of the Ocean Designer Series Paper, and and a 2 1/4" circle (either die cut or punched out).

6. Let's assemble the layers for the front corner fold and for the inside front area now. 

Card Front - with the 3" Night of Navy square you will only put adhesive on the diagonal lower half, aligning the edge of the square with the folded over edge of the corner flap. Then continue to adhere the Basic White square and DSP square aiming for 1/8' margins on all sides. 

Inner Corner Fold area - adhere the 3" Basic White square so it aligns completely with the 3" Night of Navy square on the front side. Add the 2 3/4" DSP layer.

7. For the main Basic White layer inside the card, cut a 4" x 5 -1/4" piece. Don't adhere until you have done your desired stamping in the next step.

8. Now is stamping time for the two circles and the inner card layer! I used Night of Navy and Coastal Cabana inks and the following retired stamp sets: Suite Sayings, Suite Sentiments, and Friends are Like Seashells. Refer to the photos as needed. Once all the stamping is finished, then adhere the two circles and inner layer where they go as shown in the photos.

9. For the exterior envelope flap, cut a piece of DSP 2 3/8" x 6" and adhere to the flap, trimming off the excess. 

All done! Wahoo, a work of love to share! Now that you've made this card once, you can make more easily in the future. 
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